This report is mainly a tribute to all who helped make this event on 2nd September possible.First there is our committee of six. Stan Nelson is our able chairman with his wealth of gardening and Show experience to advise us – and he also takes the minutes of our meetings. Joan Wright is our Assistant secretary who takes on all the publicity prior to the Show, gets the raffle prizes, the gifts we give to the judges and the scorer and asks people to make cakes for the teas. She works so hard. Sue Ayles is our wonderful, efficient treasurer, helps me with the entries and exhibitors’ cards and helps with the scoring on the day. Terry Timms mans the bottle stall and hugely helps with the setting up and clearing up and Bev Ryland helps with the entries, gets Clifton women to contribute cakes for the teas and this year, proposed we should have a new produce auction at the end. Next to mention is our scorer, Elsa Williams, who, though loosening her ties with Deddington, remains our scorer and will continue in the future. She also designed and produced all the exhibitors’ cards, a far better system than we had previously.On the Show day, this team work hard all day to run this community event, as do the many people who act as stewards as exhibitors arrive to place their exhibits on the tables, those who serve the teas, help with the raffle and run the cake stall. It was also a pleasure to have Lord Andrew Green to read out the trophy winners and Annie, our vicar, who presented the cups and read out the raffle prize winners. It is a great deal of tiring work but worth it when one looks at the amazing display of exhibits in all adult sections this year and the number and high quality. There is so much talent around, not only in our gardeners and cooks, but in the artistic, creative classes – Art, Crafts and Photography. It was a wonderful, thrilling effort from everyone.The others who are also highly appreciated are the judges, who arguably have the most challenging job of all.On a more sombre note, we were well down on children’s entry numbers this year which was very disappointing, but perhaps the fact that the Autumn Term had not begun was one of the reasons.Wendy BurrowsHon.Secretary